Bulletin No. 25 - 12th January 2010

Bulletin No. 25 - 12 January 2010

Duty Roster

Today’s Attendance - Gavin Gilmer

Make-Ups

Nil                                                                                                                                                

Visiting  Rotarians

Nil

Non- Rotarian Visitors

Shelley Saunders, daughter of Peggy.

Ian Kirkland, son of Les

Mike Peters brought by Marcus Oshry

President Ian’s Announcements

1.       Neil Crawford and Pam Cameron-Ellis were congratulated on the 100% pass rate their schools obtained in the recent matric examinations. Even more pleasing was the large and impressive number of distinctions that each school obtained in the various subjects. Collegiate was also congratulated on achieving the second best results in the Eastern Cape

2.       Nina Brown, daughter of Michelle, excelled obtaining 5 distinctions in the recent exams. She plans to enrol at UCT later this year.

3.       Proud parents/grandparents who would like to share their exciting academic news with club members need to let me have details before next Tuesday. Details will appear in Bulletin 26.

4.       Fred Roberts is thanked for refurbishing the president’s gong that keeps us all under control at lunch

Our Speaker: Mr Amrit Daya

Born on 18 July 1930, Mr Daya is the oldest volunteer selected to do duty at the FIFA World Cup which starts in 5 months time. PE born and bred he has been interviewed by the world media and is looking forward to the challenges ahead.

Co-incidentally the very first World cup was played in 1930, so both the competition and Amrit are the same age!

Matching Grants Update from Trevor long

MG65694: Cataract operations and Colleen Glen School R257 000. School complete and cataract operations almost ready for closure

MG 69718: CHOC  R555 420. Proceeding well

MG 72218: Alpha School R100 500. Submitted to TRF and awaiting approval

MG 72275: Lake Farm R74735.  Submitted to TRF and awaiting approval

Forthcoming Events

19 January          Vernon Naidoo       “Me and my Job” talk                                                                               Lunch venue

26^th January       Stephen Theodosiou    “Walking on hot coals”                                                                     Lunch venue

2 February          Business Meeting                                                                                                                            Lunch venue

9  February         Di Ann Qoto (Miss P.E.)                                                                                                                 Lunch venue

Sergeant - Richard Stephenson

Richard congratulated the following on their birthdays:- Gary Woodhead (today,  and celebrated with ice cream!), Leen Mulkhuyse and Randall Prins (14^th), and Mike Howell (18^th).

No wedding anniversaries are celebrated this week.

Of the stories Richard told this is probably the best:

An elderly couple were in bed one night and the woman woke up from a bad dream.

She was scared and panicking and her husband turned on the light to calm her. He asked what was wrong and she told him that she had had a dream that she had died and that he had remarried.

She asked him, “If I died tomorrow would you remarry?”

“Sure,” he said, “I don’t want to spend the rest of my life alone”

“Would the two of you live in this house?” she asked.

“Certainly” he said, “we have just finished paying the mortgage”

Now she was angry. “Would the two of you sleep in this bed?”

He thought a while and then said, “Yes, of course. This is a new and expensive bed and there is no reason to get rid of it!”

Now highly irate the wife asked “Would she use my golf clubs?”

“No,” he replied, “she’s left-handed”

Like Tiger Woods maybe this husband was also attacked by a golf club wielding wild woman!

Vocational Readings -  Barry Upton

A speech made when you are angry will be the best speech you will ever regret

Attendance (from Pres Ian)

Attendance at official Rotary meetings has always been critically important and  MOP requires that we have an attendance of at least 50% per half year .

According to the attendance figures supplied by Danie Theron and circulated to the club members in December some members need to improve their attendance. It is the start of the new year and we request our members to be mindful of this basic requirement of Rotary. Attendance is paramount and we request that you all note your respective weekly duties as and when they arise. It is not fair that others need to take over when one fails to make suitable arrangements for one’s absence. Enough said!

Final Thought

Michele  Brown is offering to arrange a tour of the new PE stadium. Her suggestion is that those interested should meet at about 11.30am on a Tuesday (still to be decided), enjoy the tour and then move on to normal Rotary lunch. Those interested should inform her a.s.a.p.

Malcom Andrew